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UPASANA
CONTENTS
1. UPASANA
1.2 What is Upasana?
2. KARTA - God as the All-doer
2.1 How is God Karta?
2.2 Shriji Maharaj - The All-doer
2.3 Necessity of knowing God as the All-doer
3. SAKAR - God with Form
3.1 Liking for Sakar
3.2 Disadvantages of understanding God as Nirakar
3.3 Origin of the understanding that God is Nirakar
3.4 How is God Sakar?
3.5 God with form as well as immanent
3.6 God as Sakar in Akshardham and on Earth
3.7 Divyabhav - Divine attributes
3.8 Necessity of understanding Divyabhav
3.9 Disadvantages of perceiving Manushyabhav in God
3.10 Omniscience
4. SARVOPARI - God as Supreme
4.1 Necessity of faith in Divine supremacy
4.2 Akshardham - The Highest : Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme
4.3.1 Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme : in His own words
4.3.2 Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme : As expressed in Swamini Vatu
4.3.3 Shriji Maharaj - The Supreme : In the words of the Paramhansas
4.4 Cosmic Evolution
4.5 Parabrahman Purushottam Narayan : One and Unique
4.6.1 Shriji Maharaj's supremacy : As understood from His incidents
4.6.2 Shriji Maharaj's supremacy : As explained by Aksharbrahman Gunatitanand Swami
4.7 Questions regarding supremacy
5. PRAGAT - God as Ever-Present
5.1 What is Pragat? How?
5.2 True knowledge is recognising the Pragat form of God
5.3 The importance of devotion to the Pragat form of God
5.4 Pragat Bhakti - The pathway to peace
5.5 Redemption through the Pragat form of God or His Saint
5.6 Deficiencies resulting from not realising the Pragat form of God
5.7 The Pragat form of God after Shriji Maharaj's return to Akshardham
5.8 Only one Pragat form of God
5.9 Characteristics of the Gunatit Saint
5.10 Glory of the Gunatit Saint
5.10.1 In the words of Shriji Maharaj
5.10.2 In the words of Gunatitanand Swami
5.10.3 In the poems of the Paramhansas
5.10.4 In the poems of well-known Saint-poets
5.10.5 In other scriptures
5.11 The Gunatit Saint - The Pragat form of God, Yet a loyal servant
6. AKSHARBRAHMAN
6.1 Becoming Aksharrup and offering Upasana to Purushottam with Swami-sevak bhav
6.2 The need for becoming Brahmarup:
6.2.1 For the privilege of worshipping Purushottam
6.2.2 For unhindered devotion
6.2.3 For ultimate liberation
6.3 The necessity of Aksharbrahman on the path of salvation
6.3.1 To become Brahmarup
6.3.2 To know Parabrahman as He is
6.4 The infinite glory of Aksharbrahman
6.5 The form of Aksharbrahman
6.6 The two forms of Akshar
6.7.1 Aksharbrahman : As Satchidanand Chidakash Radiance
6.7.2 Aksharbrahman : As the Divine Abode
6.7.3 Aksharbrahman : As Divine, Personal and Sakar
6.7.4 Aksharbrahman : As in Human form
6.8 Aksharbrahman : One and Unique
6.9 The relationship between Akshar and Purushottam
6.10 What is meant by Parabrahman merging Brahman?
6.11 Common qualities of Akshar and Purushottam
6.12 The dual upasana of Akshar Purushottam
6.13 Gunatitanand Swami as Mul Akshar : How?
6.13.1 Scriptural evidence
6.13.2 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : In the words of Shriji Maharaj
6.13.3 Gunatitanand Swami's unique glory : As described by Shriji Maharaj
6.13.4 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : In the words of Gunatitanand Swami
6.13.5 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : As given in Swamini vatu
6.13.6 Gunatitanand Swami's unique glory : As described by Himself
6.13.7 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : In the words of Gopalanand Swami
6.13.8 Gunatitanand Swami's unique glory : As described by Gopalanand Swami
6.13.9 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : In the words of Paramhansas
6.13.10 Gunatitanand Swami's unique glory : As described by the Paramhansas
6.13.11 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : Other evidence
6.13.12 Gunatitanand Swami is Akshar : From His life and work
7. SUMMARY
7.1 Upasana : What to understand
7.2 Upasana : What not to understand
8. APPENDIX (Common questions raised regarding the doctrine of Akshar Purushottam)
8.1 Question 1
8.2 Question 2
8.3 Question 3
8.4 Question 4
8.5 Question 5
8.6 Question 6
